
What is the relation between a specifier and a determiner?
Apr 6, 2020 · The term specifier denotes a set position in a fixed schema, the X-bar schema. In contrast, the term determiner denotes a specific word category. The next illustration is from …
syntax - How can we distinguish complements from specifiers ...
Oct 4, 2023 · The most famous example I can think of is the Determiner Phrase vs. Noun Phrase debates. I'm trying to figure out, if you have evidence that Phrase A always shows up only …
Is there a language whose syntactic structure accepts a specifier of …
Feb 25, 2022 · 4 We know a preposition (in X-bar theory) is the head of a prepositional phrase and it has a complement that is the sister of this very preposition. However I've never seen a …
In X bar theory, is the first auxiliary the head of an interrogative ...
Aug 27, 2021 · Here, subject she is a specifier, and verb phrase have finished it by tomorrow is the complement of the head will. The first auxiliary remains the head of a corresponding …
if vs. whether (complementizer) - Linguistics Stack Exchange
Jul 12, 2017 · Since non-terminal nodes never appear in the data, you can put whatever words you like in them. In this case, arranging things the suggested way makes this difference …
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Jan 28, 2017 · The DP consisting of the D "the" is a specifier because it is the sister of N' and daughter of NP. 2) Make the whole thing a DP, i.e. a phrase with a D head to which the noun …
Substantivized Adjectives and the NP vs. DP Debate
Jul 13, 2020 · At least since the 80s linguists have debated whether simple phrases like the cake are NPs with determiners in the specifier position or DPs with NP complements. …
syntax - What is the specifier in an IP where the complement of …
May 5, 2020 · What is the specifier in an IP where the complement of the verb is fronted? Ask Question Asked 5 years, 8 months ago Modified 5 years, 8 months ago
word order - V-Bar Syntax in Latin - Linguistics Stack Exchange
Jan 4, 2022 · Then Caesar's syntax is rather uniformly specifier syntax, Livy's syntax is a mixture of specifier syntax and V-bar syntax. V-bar syntax is not licensed generally, but only under …
Multiple Adjectives in an X-Bar Tree - Linguistics Stack Exchange
Jan 27, 2014 · Which textbook are you using? One of the main problems with your first tree is that you have X^0 level categories occupying specifier positions, whereas in classical X-bar theory, …